2018 OFC Champions League qualifying stage

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The 2018 OFC Champions League qualifying stage was played from 20 to 26 January 2018. [1] A total of four teams competed in the qualifying stage to decide two of the 16 places in the group stage of the 2018 OFC Champions League.

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Draw

The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 15 September 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. [2] The champions of the four developing associations were drawn from Pot A into each of the four positions 1–4 to determine the fixtures. [3]

Pot A

Format

The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue. The winners and runners-up advanced to the group stage to join the 14 direct entrants. According to the group stage draw: [2]

Schedule

Matches were played between 20 and 26 January 2018 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The schedule of each matchday was as follows. [1] [4] [5]

MatchdayDatesMatches
Matchday 120 January 2018Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 223 January 2018Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 326 January 2018Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4

Matches

All times were local, SST (UTC−11). [5]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification TUP LUP VEI PAG
1 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga 3300152+139 Group stage 1–0
2 Flag of Samoa.svg Lupe o le Soaga 3201192+176 6–0
3 Flag of Tonga.svg Veitongo 3012316131 2–9 1–1
4 Flag of American Samoa.svg Pago Youth (H)3012219171 0–5 1–13
Source: OFC
(H) Host
Tupapa Maraerenga Flag of the Cook Islands.svg 1–0 Flag of Samoa.svg Lupe o le Soaga
  • Latimer Soccerball shade.svg74' (pen.)
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Veitongo Flag of Tonga.svg 1–1 Flag of American Samoa.svg Pago Youth
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Veitongo Flag of Tonga.svg 2–9 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga
Report
Pago Youth Flag of American Samoa.svg 1–13 Flag of Samoa.svg Lupe o le Soaga
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Lupe o le Soaga Flag of Samoa.svg 6–0 Flag of Tonga.svg Veitongo
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Pago Youth Flag of American Samoa.svg 0–5 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga
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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The identity of the teams from Cook Islands, Samoa, and Tonga was not known at the time of the draw.

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